Ten years after the Brexit vote, fresh calls made to support UK’s struggling creative industries
Rebuilding cultural ties may have begun, but meaningful change for touring artists has yet to follow.
Far-right assault on public broadcasting backfires in Switzerland – lessons for the BBC-haters, perhaps?
Just imagine if Nigel Farage or his allies held meaningful influence over the BBC. A broadcaster historically associated with rigorous editorial standards could be transformed into something closer to a partisan outlet, something resembling GB News, but with vastly greater reach and influence.
Calls for British Museum to stop ‘erasing Palestine and supporting genocide’
“The British Museum (must) avoid complicity in genocide, either through its representation of Palestinians and their history or by providing direct support to those that perpetrate or profit from that genocide.”
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Labour calls on Matt Goodwin to condemn aides’ ‘racist content’
Five members of Goodwin’s campaign team have shared racist content or expressed support for the far-right online
Woke-bashing of the week: Pentagon to sever ties with ‘woke’ Harvard – Payback for Trump’s rejection?
One thing is clear: Trump as Harvard material was always a stretch.
Right-Wing Media Watch: Mail man Dan Hodges called out for ‘grotesque hypocrisy’ over Mandelson scandal
“Just beyond parody at this point.”
Tim Martin ridiculed for urging pubs to back Reform UK
“Brexiter Tim Spoons wants to cut child benefits so someone can save £1 if they drink 20 pints in one of his pubs…”
Portugal defies Europe’s rightward drift as socialist António José Seguro wins presidency
Seguro’s victory was widely interpreted as a rebuke to the far right and a reaffirmation of Portugal’s democratic and constitutional traditions.
Is Farage’s ‘teenage crush’ on Putin, Starmer’s trump electoral card?
For a Union Jack-wrapping politician, who casts himself as the embodiment of national pride, being accused of admiring a tyrant who threatens European democracy, strikes at the heart of Farage’s brand.
‘Brussels’ Brexit revenge’? No, this is just what Brexit looks like
The EU is not punishing the UK, it’s treating the UK as what it chose to become, a third country.
5 Reform UK disasters this week
From Farage agreeing migrants have “colonised” the UK, to Matt Goodwin’s calls for “biological reality” checks for women and girls, Reform has hit new lows
Power is being bought and sold – we must fight back
A shadow hangs over democracy; the shadow of corruption
Unite general secretary says trade union would say ‘no thanks’ to affiliating to Labour now
Unite, Labour’s largest trade union affiliate, may reconsider its relationship with the party